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The Bitterest Pillnew

Did a shift in medication help cause Daniel Cantrell to kill his father?
Nashville Scene |
Steve Cavendish |
04-24-2015 |
Features
The Big Dragnew

In a Florida courtroom, Nashville attorneys are fighting in the last great tobacco war.
Nashville Scene |
Steve Cavendish |
02-09-2015 |
Features
Tags: tobacco industry
Two Murders, Two Murderers, and Our Peculiar Justice Systemnew

Death row is full of people who have committed heinous crimes, but some people who have committed heinous crimes are not scheduled for execution.
Nashville Scene |
Steven Hale |
01-20-2015 |
Crime & Justice
Here Without Fearnew

Six years after giving birth in shackles, in a case with historic implications, Juana Villegas has legal standing to live and work in the U.S. Other new mothers may not be so lucky.
Nashville Scene |
Heather Lyn Wood |
10-30-2014 |
Immigration
The Choice Is Yoursnew

Behind the Tennessee Amendment 1 vote on abortion rights lies a tangle of case law, confusion and conflict.
Nashville Scene |
Abby White and Andrea Zelinski |
09-24-2014 |
The War on Women
Future Shock at the Tennesseannew

The Tennessean's "newsroom of the future" means cuts, turmoil and rock-bottom morale.
Nashville Scene |
Steve Cavendish |
08-15-2014 |
Media
Keeping Up With the Dronesnew

Navigating FAA regulations and Tennessee law can be tricky, but drones are here to stay.
Nashville Scene |
Steve Haruch |
08-11-2014 |
Tech
Tags: Drones, Tennessee drone laws
No Refugenew

As humanitarian crisis looms at the U.S. border, Nashville's refugee resettlement services face severe cuts.
Nashville Scene |
Heather Lyn Wood |
07-25-2014 |
Immigration
Still Lifenew

If not for love and art, Ndume Olatushani would have died on death row.
Nashville Scene |
Laura Hutson |
05-24-2013 |
Features
American Dreamersnew

Four stories of immigrant mothers who braved hard work, perilous journeys, even separation to raise their children as U.S. citizens.
Nashville Scene |
Kim Green |
05-09-2013 |
Immigration
Tags: immigration
Shirt Shriftnew

Employee alleges he was fired for wearing a T-shirt supporting same-sex marriage.
Nashville Scene |
Adam Gold |
01-24-2013 |
Civil Liberties
The Priorities of Outrage: Guns Before Butternew

The tragedy that unfolded in Newtown is the kind of regularly occurring horror that our modern-day 24-hour media apparatus exists to exploit. But when it comes to the systemic, glacial destruction of the lives of millions of Americans in the ongoing farce that is a war on poor people, the story that needs to be told isn't.
Nashville Scene |
Jonathan Meador |
12-18-2012 |
Policy Issues
Gone Galtnew

When it comes to conservative film, Middle Tennessee has front row seats.
Nashville Scene |
Jonathan Meador |
10-19-2012 |
Media
Tags: conservative Propaganda
Questions Remain As Davidson County's Controversial Deportation Program Endsnew

After nearly five years of controversies, bad headlines and a sustained cry of protest from Nashville's immigrant community, Davidson County Sheriff Daron Hall held a press conference Tuesday morning announcing that his office will no longer participate in the unpopular Immigration and Customs Enforcement program known as 287(g).
Nashville Scene |
Jonathan Meador |
08-27-2012 |
Immigration
Tags: 287(g), immigration
The Murderer on Music Rownew

A true tale of homicide, madness and attempted mass destruction from Nashville's sordid past.
Nashville Scene |
Wayne Wood |
05-30-2012 |
Features